CVE-2015-8213

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-12-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The get_format function in utils/formats.py in Django before 1.7.x before 1.7.11, 1.8.x before 1.8.7, and 1.9.x before 1.9rc2 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive application secrets via a settings key in place of a date/time format setting, as demonstrated by SECRET_KEY.

Affected products

Django: through 1.7.10; 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4, 1.8.5 (+2)

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173375.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174770.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00017.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0129.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0156.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0157.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0158.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3404
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77750
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034237
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2816-1

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